point of origin
nounverified·updated Aug 30, 2026
This is a **compositional phrase**, not a term of art. In privacy and data-governance contexts it functions as plain descriptive language meaning the location, system, process, or entity from which a data element was first collected or generated — equivalent to "source" or "provenance." It appears in enumerated lists of data-inventory attributes (such as type, classification, owner, custodian, and source) without carrying a specialized meaning beyond the ordinary sense of its two words. No standards body (NIST, ISO, AICPA, CIS, or a named regulator) has assigned it a formal definition distinguishing it from everyday usage.
Framework senses
- §1 · attested_usage_reviewer_confirmed
- No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
- §1 · web_lookup_draft
- This is a **compositional phrase**, not a term of art. In privacy and data-governance contexts it functions as plain descriptive language meaning the location, system, process, or entity from which a data element was first collected or generated — equivalent to "source" or "provenance." It appears in enumerated lists of data-inventory attributes (such as type, classification, owner, custodian, and source) without carrying a specialized meaning beyond the ordinary sense of its two words. No standards body (NIST, ISO, AICPA, CIS, or a named regulator) has assigned it a formal definition distinguishing it from everyday usage.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column